The castration cure.

This documentary looks at the results castration, either chemical and surgical, has on convicted paedophiles in the US. We hear from four convicted paedophiles who have undergone castrations and footage is shown of a surgical castration. We also follow the issues surrounding their return to society. David Jones is one of the featured paedophiles. Once a trusted youth worker it transpired that he had been systematically abusing the boys in his care. He has had a surgical castration and now has the testosterone level of a pre-pubescent child but the public are completely against his release. Cary Verse was chemically castrated and spent a successful 3 years out of jail until he gave a lift to a 14-year-old and was sent back to jail although all evidence points to the fact that he had no intention of molesting the boy. The programme asks: is our collective fear of paedophilia blinding us to an effective cure?